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Manuscript document signed

Rule for ascertaining the longitude by Chro. at Sunset

1857

Barnes, Edward A., fl. 1857

Details the procedure for obtaining longitude at sea based on the time of the sunset and latitude.

GLC00722.07
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Document signed

[Appointment of Joseph Jackson Coombs as an examiner-in-chief of the United States Patent Office]

6 August 1861

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Countersigned by Walton J. Smith, acting Secretary of the Interior. Impression stamped with The Department of the Interior seal.

GLC00782.14
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Autograph letter signed

to B. Tappin

July 9, 1826

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

William Henry Harrison asks Tappin to send more lime for use in the construction of an aqueduct for Harrison's distillery.

GLC00655.08
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Autograph letter signed

to George J. Gardner

29 November 1854

Ripley, George, 1802-1880

Thanks him for his recent letter. Requests that in February he send the latest statistics on the manufacture of salt in Syracuse, "to be incorporated into our article on salt." Ripley was a minister, literary critic, journalist, and a leading...

GLC02453.30
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Autograph letter signed

to George D. Ramsay

13 August 1864

McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885

As a private citizen, McClellan writes to Chief of Ordnance General George D. Ramsay to introduce Mr. Adolph Schniewind, who "has it in his power to arrange for imparting our government the secret of the great superiority manifested by the Prussian...

GLC02455.08

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